Flux valve



Nov. 2%, 1945.

c. F. FRAGOLA ET AL 934% FLUX VALVE Filed Jan. 19, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 F!G.2 2s

INVENTORSI C. E FRAGOLA M C. DEPP ORN Nov. 20, 1945.

c. F. FRAGOLA ET AL 2,389,146

FLUX VALVE Filed Jan. 19, 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 2,

I INVENTORS:

C. F. FRAGOLA M. C. DEPP i CURR,JR.

Nov. 20, 1945.

c. F. FRAGOLA ET AL 2,389,146

Y INVENTORSZ C. F. FRAGOLA h d C. DEPP Y Rm: R.

A' o NEY,

Pelemed Nov. 20, 1945 12 339 146 lJNiTE Eaesm' F. lFa-agola, Brooklyn, Merlin 3, Deep, Hempsteafl, and Robert S. Curry, 31,, Baldwin, N. 32., aselgcners b0 Sperry Gymscepe Company, 1mm, 331-1313311321, N. 17., e. camera-lien 01' New Yen-k Applieefien January 19, 1943, Serial "Ne, 72 913 13 (Cl Till- 551? The present invention is enmeshed with im tion ta provide an .lmemved farm e2 symme'brleel proved megeelzlwfielfl-responsive elevices, especiflux valve which eper metres 2, tereidal shape by all of the se sel'eble core type eisclesed in An being formed as e l-ee'uler polyzen having a large teanikien Patent Q70. ,6 l509, issued July number of sides 19%,whieh welzermfluxvelves. 5 Ibis yel; another el'ojeee ef the reeent ie/en In a eopemling eppl'ieetloe Serial No. il ie--22, lion "t0 provide lmpx'overl fe' of flux: elve fer velve eempess system, filed C-ceefoer 10, having a elcsecl magnetic eireui for its excitin 19l-l,i11'fihe nmees f O. Esml at al, new 13'. S, flux, whereby 02113 :1, 1077 excitation sower re- Patent No. there are disclosed various quirecl. forms Whiz" aelcl respceeive device 1e ""ther eiejec" assume. Gperfitlons of sue; invention eiLl be devices e flevic Eng specifiee' sien e; clesi'rabl in,

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These two voltages may be utilized in the manner shown in copending application Serial No. 366,370, for Flux valve magnetic compass, filed November '20, 1940, in the name of O. E. Esval et al., and now U'. S. Patent No. 2,357,319, and especially Fig. 4 thereof, to provide an indication of the direction of the applied magnetic field or to suitably control a device, such as a mobile craft, in accordance with the direction of this field.

It is to be understood that the principle discussed above need not be restricted merely to two equally-spaced pairs of coils. By providing three pairs'of coils equally spaced about the circumference of core ii, three output voltages will be derived, which may be utilized in the same manner as described in the above-mentioned copending application Serial No. 414,422, new U. S. Patent No. 2,383,461. Spacings other than equal may be used with special utilization apparatus.

The toroidal shape of the core in the above device offers a distinct advantage. Due to the core shape, leakage flux will be a minimum. If any leakage flux should appear, it will fiow in concentric circles about the axis of the toroid and any effect therefrom will be a minimum, whereby unbalanced inductive pick-up from the primary or exciting fiux is substantially eliminated.

Fig. 2 shows a more complete circuit of a device of the present type, in which the flux valve it, formed in the manner described with respect to Fig. 1, carries, as an illustrative example, nine pairs of opposed secondary coils 26a, 2%, etc.,

and a single continuous toroidal exciting winding i2. These coils are then connected to a si nal transformer or synchro transforme 22, generally of a self-synchronous or Selsyn type having a stator 23 carrying eighteen poles such as 23a, 23b, etc., each of which carries a corresponding coil Ma, 2%, etc.

Eachof the secondary coils of flux valve ID has one terminal connected to one terminal of a corresponding field winding of signal transformer 22. vThe other terminals of the secondary coils of fiux valve it may be connected to a common conductor as shown, such as 26, and the remaining terminals of the field windin coils of stator 23 may also be connected to a common conductor, such as 21. If desired, conductors 26 and 21 may be connected together. In this manner a polyphase-type star connection is provided between the secondary coils of flux valve ill and the corresponding field windings of signal transformer 22.

Each diametrically opposed pair of secondary windings of flux valve id is thus connected to a corresponding diametric pair of field windings of signal transformer 22, and in such sense that the oppositely situated field windings produce poles of opposite polarity in the airgap of the device. The rotor 28 of signal transformer 22 carries a distributed two-pole winding, and will thereby have induced therein a voltage of the same frequency as that produced by the fiux valve output and having a magnitude corresponding to the relative angular displacement between the orientation of the flux valve ill and the orientation of the rotor 28 and a phase sense corresponding to the sense of this angular displacement.

The rotor of the signal transformer may be either of the round, distributed winding type or of the salient pole type hereinafter referred to. This voltage may then be utilized in the manner described in either of the above-mentioned copending applications Serial Nos. 414,422, or 366,370, which respectively correspond to U. S. Letters Patent Nos. 2,383,461 and 2,357,319, to provide an indication of, or a control action from, the direction of the external magnetic field.

Although the device of Fig. 2 has been disclosed as having nine pairs of coils 26a etc., it will be clear that any number of such pairs may be utilized while a corresponding number of pairs of field windings 2 2a, etc., and poles 23a, etc., may be utilized in the signal transformer 22. It is not necessary that the pairs of secondary windings of flux valve ill be equally spaced so long as the corresponding elements or pairs of windings on the stator of signal transformer 22 are correspondingly spaced. The only requirement is that the resultant field produced by windings 2 50, etc., shall lie in a direction relative to signal transformer 22 which corresponds to the relationship of the earths magnetic field to flux valve i6, and shall vary in step with the earth's field as the fiux valve Iil rotates-relative to the earth's field.

Inpractice, the slot openings in the stator and rotor of the. signal transformer 22 are made as narrow as is practical in order to produce a magnetic field wave having, as nearly as possible, a sinusoidal wave shape in the air gap.

It will be understood therefore that in the drawings the slots for the windings are so arranged only to provide clarity in the illustration.

Figs. 3 and 4 shown one form which the fiux valve of Fig. 2 may assume. This apparatus has been designed to be easily and simply fabricated for purposes of mass production. The entire apparatus is built upon a base 50 to which there is fastened or on which there is formed a set of supporting posts such as 58, arranged along the arc of a circle, the posts 5! being equally spaced therearound. Both base 50 and posts 5i are made of non-magnetic material such as Bakelite. The flux valve of the invention is then supported upon these posts 5 l.

Instead of being formed toroidal as in Fig. 2, the flux valve core 52 of this modification is 7 this instance,

' spending primary netic field, sucha the ear-th s. field, zero volt formed as a polygon, in this instance, having l2 sides approximating a toroid. It will be clear that any desired number of sides could be used.

For simplicity of fabrication, the polygonal core sides 52a, 5217, etc., are formed as separate straight strips. In the illustration used, two of these strips or laminations are utilized for each polygon side. The core laminations alternately lie above and below their adjacent laminations. Thus, the uppermost lamination 52c lies above the succeeding lamination 5227 which. in turn, lies below its successor 52c, the latter then lying above the succeeding lamination, etc. The lami nations at any one of the supporting post 52 are arranged in alternation, as shown in Fig". 4, wherein laminations 52c alternate with the laminations 62b of the adjacent polygon sicie. ,Ilie laminations may be fastened at their joints to the posts 55 by suitable means, such as screws E3. In way, an easy and conveniently assembled fabricated core structure is provided. Supported on each of the polygon sides is 2. corresponding coil ti l, made up in two independent sections, in cluding an exciting coil and a. pick-up coil both wound about the core members lites, etc. The exciting windings are energized series from a. suitablesovrce of alternating current in the seine manner a the toroidal exciting winoi= inc of to provide continuously circu letting ilui: in the polygonal core The pickup windings ar then connected to signal trans" :mer, example, in the manner shown in 2 to provide suitable output voltage.

5 and 6 show another form which the flux valve of l and 2' may assume. lie. the c oi" the valve is formed; of two parallel polygons and ormed by interconnected sections of ally permeable strips such as Silt, comprising one of these polygons, and 3665", ctc., forming the other of these polygons.

Corresponding strips ii 32 are fastened to a nommaehetic support by bolts G6, which may he magnetic or nomniagiietic. The polygonal core pieces iii and are shovm widely spaced. for purposes of illustration but they be ar ranged close together as exciting coil windinc will permit.

ioout each of these strips is or e .citing" coil, such as co l. wound; about stripand coil 3C shout The various coils posed about the polygon. are cos; eete series and in click manner that the mes-no ic fielos filftl= ciliceci by current iiowinc: therethroueh. for any instantaneous value thereof, will he in ti e sense proceeding around the polygon. C J, are similarly connected. However, the i stantaneous polarity sense for upper polygon opposite to that of he W61 Wound about the core str s of each. solve onel core such core stripe at, coils is or piclou c coil is similar arrangement is provided between the nick-lip coils c eliciting coils on each the polygonal core. it will be seen that manner closes; magnetic paths provided 5 r each of the primary exciting fluxes as in the cases iii-Figs. f. and the absence of an externally applied mag= will be induced in each of the picieup coils since the effects of the two oppositely flowing or extending, exciting magnetic fluxes will cancel one another. By providing primary exciting outputs.

valve transmitter a current or sumcient magnitude to cause the permeance oi the core arms Sla, 3th, etc., and 32a, 821), etc., to vary periodically, the two primary fluxes in said core arms will have diflerent eflects on the external or earths magnetic field thereby producing a resultant output from each of the pick-up coils 35a, 35b, etc., depending upon the orientation of the axis of the coils 35, with respect to the direction of the magnetic field.

The output or each coil 35 is therefore similar to the combined output of the pair as coils i6 and ll of Fig. l. or 20c, etc., of Fig. 2'. The core legs and pick-u coils of this embodiment, however, may he of an odd number. It will be noted that the coil 35 which are spaced degrees apart will have opposite instantaneous polarity. Therefore, it be clear that each such pair of coils 35 may he made to perform the same function as the coil pairs. it; ll or it, it of Fig. i. These voltages may then be utilized in a. manner similar to that shown in Fig. 2.

Alternatively, the output coils 35317, etc, may be grouped to provide a. lesser member of Thus, in. the illustration of 5, the twelve coils may be grouped in sets of four adjacent coils, the coils of each set being comnected in series, to provide three output voltages which may he used as in the prior applications cited above. Gcviously, any other grouping he used.

It will be seen that each of two parallel see merits enclosed within a given output coil the polygons of Fig. 5 constitutes a complete 5. valve in itself, so that Fig. by one interpretation, may be considered to complies plurality of flux valves arranged in 2: closed polygon.

' As shown in Fig. 5, the entire 3311?: valve device may be made rotatable about the axis oi a. cell tral shaft or column cles d. The device of Fig. l or 3 may also he made rotatable. A

plurality of terminal posts and connectin lugs, such as 37c, Eflc, etc, may he provided conveniently connecting the various primary and secondary wi dings as required. The entire in Valve device ius described, as shows. in Fig. (i, is mounted on the non-magnetic support; g member A l, hereinhe v ch. may be conveniently out out. as she t e room for the various coils, the core member A c; t1 coal 0 fastening the strips thereto. These ho.;s in magnetic material, although of magnetic materiel ing the operation of the ole ice, the syzi'c'nei-rical ernent of the primary eiz=- cithig cache, the net eessing; hrough these in 7, there is she 'l a. system which mayi usecl as 2. remote indicating 031373855 or as 13081.. tieii sys fist-em includes a be construct ed in the some manner as tl before clesczil ed. In. the

the valve com core in which is .ceo'. ulatiiig', peri odicclly varying flux of suit amplitude to operate the magnetic mei erii of core in the desired. region of varying permeability by means of suitable distributed or lumped exciting windings (not shown). Also round about core G2 are a plurality of pref safely symrletrically disposed and similar secondary or piclz up coils 63a, 63b, and er/c. Dicllcetiicelly opposed. pairs.

of coils such such as coils 63a and 832 are connected in series in such manner that zero resultant output voltage is produced by these pairs of coils in the absence of any external magnetic field.

When such a flux valve is subjected to an external magnetic field, an output, voltage will be produced-from each pair of coils having a frequency double that of the exciting fiux and an amplitude proportional to the cosine of the angle between the direction of the axis of the coil pairs and the direction of the magnetic field. The external magnetic field may be provided either by the earths magnetic field, in which case the device acts as a stationary-type compass, or by a magnet rotor 6 3 shown as comprising a circular magnet which provides the external field to which the flux valve transmitter 6i responds.

The receiver or repeater 56 1s provided with a core 61 and secondary coils 68a, 58b, etc., similar to the construction of the transmitter 6i. However, the stator of repeater 66 requires no exciting winding. The coils 88 of repeater at are grouped in corresponding diametrically opposed pairs, similar to the coils of transmitter 6i, and each pair of coils S8 is connected to a corresponding pair of coils E3.

The coils 68 of each pair may be connected in series or in parallel, so long as the fluxes produced by the currents created therein by the voltage output of the coil pairs 53 are in the same direction in space, that-is, tending to circulate oppositely in the core 61. Repeater 6B is provided with a rotor or armature 69 preferably in the form of a salient two-pole rotor of magnetic material.

The operation of'the device may be understood from the following considerations. The coils 68a and 68b, for example, of repeater 6t produce equal and oppositely directed magneto-motive forces in the core 6?. These magneto-motive forces will then produce a leakage flux flowing diametrically of the core 86 in a direction perpendicular to the diametral axis of the coils 88a and 681). If, for example, the transmitter 6! is provided with only two coils 53a and 63b, and the repeater 66 with only one pair of corresponding coils 68a and 68b, it will be seen that, as the magnetic rotor M or as the direction of the earths magnetic field varies with respect to transmitter 6i, the magnetic field produced in repeater 66 willmaintain fixed orientation, namely, in a direction perpen-' dicular to the diameter joining coils 88a and 58b, but with a correspondingly varying intensity.

This action is characteristic of each pair of coils of repeater 66. Accordingly, by providing a large number of pairsof coils 68 in repeater 65, it will be seen that the pair of coils 68 corresponding to the pair of coils 63 whose diametric axis is per-' pendicular to the direction of the magnetic field to be sensed will have maximum current therein, and will produce a maximum diametral leakage flux in the manner described. The other pairs of coils 68 will produce decreasing amounts of this leakage fiux depending on their angular relation to the particular pair of coils 68 producing this maximum flux.

Furthermore, the pairs of coils 68 symmetrically disposed with respect to the particular pair having maximum excitation will tend to produce respective leakage fluxes which, when added together, will produce a resultant flux along the same diameter as will the pair of coils having maximum excitation, Accordingly, for each position of the magnetic rotor 66 or for each orientation of the earths magnetic field, a corresponding angular position of the magnetic axis of the leakage fiux in repeater 68 will be produced. The magnetic armature or rotor as which, per so, may not be electrically excited will tend to align itself with this leakage flux axis and will provide a remote indication of the orientation or the magnetic field to which the transmitter 61 is exposed.

The armature, as above described, is subject to an ambiguity of 180 degrees since the leakage fiux axis in repeater 66 will have the same position irrespective of the polarity of the magnetic field to which transmitter iii is exposed. The magnetic leakage flux produced in repeater 6% is alternatin at twice the frequency of the energy source employed in exciting the core of transmitter 6!. To obtain sense indications of this magnetic field, armature 59 may be provided with a coil it which is excited from a suitable source 72 of reference voltage having a frequency twice that of the said exciting voltage used in exciting the core 62 of transmitter ti. We may employ an oxide rectifier arranged in a bridge circuit to derive a double frequency current from the source of fundamental frequency energy fed to the exciting coils of the transmitter.

It will be seen that armature as can maintain itself in equilibrium with the leakage flux in only a a single position, and that a reversal of polarity of the external field to which transmitter 6! is exposed, by producing a reversal in phase of the output of coils 63 and hence a corresponding reversal in phase of the magnetic leakage flux in repeater 56, will produce a shift of 180 degrees in the equilibrium position of armature 69 so that armature 59 now gives a completely unambiguous indication of the orientation of the magnetic field to which transmitter 65 is exposed.

If the winding ii is used, armature 69 is preferably made as a constant reluctance armature having a distributed two-pole winding to maintain constant characteristics in all positions. The coils of the system shown in Fig. '7 may be star or mesh connected.

It will be seen in each of the above modifications of the flux valve that a closed magnetic path is provided for the primary or exciting fluxes which therefore are practically entirely confined to the magnetic portions of the device. This presents a considerable advantage over prior constructions, where, as a practical matter, it was impossible to make all magnetic circuits exactly alike or to allow for the varying eiiects of leakage, due to the open parts of the magnetic circuit. For this reason, prior art devices were susceptible to distortion and errors in their outputs due to the inevitable unbalance of the primary fluxes with respect to the secondary winding, which the present devices have substantially completely overcome by means of the closed primary exciting flux paths.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that our present invention is characterized by the fact that, first, the reluctance of the flux path ofiered to-the earths direct current field is substantially constant as the flux valve is turned in azimuth; secondly, in a laminated structure, the use of a comparatively large number of laminations permits averaging out any variations of permeance; and thirdly, where twelve pick-up coils are used, for example, two consecutive coils may be seriesconnected providing six groups and oppositely disposed groups or those removed may be connected in series opposition to provide what may be termed three phases. On the other hand, the coils may be arranged to provide a six phase supply frequency in the output, for example, or any other desired multiple phase or multicircuit output.

In all cases, the series bucking connection of the coils, relativelyarranged as herein described, substantially eliminates the fundamental of the pick-up coils while the signal components in each pair are additive.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely diiferent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

1. A flux valve comprising a pair of cores each arranged in the form-of similar closed frames and disposed in substantially parallel relation, means for exciting said cores with oppositely circulating fluxes of sufficient amplitude to produce varying permeability in each of said cores, and a plurality of pick-up coils, each surrounding both of said cores, whereby the voltages produced in said pick-up coils will correspond to the direction of an external magnetic field with respect to the sides of said core.

2. A flux valve comprising a pair of cores arranged in the form of similar closed polygons and disposed in parallel relation, an exciting winding wound around each side of each of said cores, the windings of each of said cores being connected in series to produce a series circulating flux circulating in instantaneous opposite directions in the respective cores, each of said fluxes being of suflicient amplitude to operate its respective core in a region of varying permeability, and a plurality of pick-upcoils, each wound around one pair of windings and parallel sides of said cores. 3. A flux valve device as in claim 2, further including a signal transforming device having a two-pole polyphase winding, the number of phases of said winding being related to the number of pick-up coils, and a single phase two-pole winding, said polyphase winding being connected to said pick-up coils to produce a magnetic field having a space orientation corresponding to the direction of an external magnetic field relative to said cores, whereby a voltage is induced in said single phase winding-corresponding to the relative displacement of said single phase winding from the orientation of said produced held.

4. A flux valve system comprising a pair of flux valves arranged in superposed relation one above the other, an inductive device including windings connected in polyphase and a single phase winding, and means for energizing said windings from the outpiits of said flux valves, whereby a voltage is induced in said single phase winding dependent upon the position of said single phase winding with respect to the resultant field produced by the windings in polyphase.

5. A flux valve comprising a pair of cores each arranged in the form 01' similar closed frames and disposed in substantially parallel relation, means for exciting said cores with oppositely circulating fluxes of sumcient amplitude to produce varying permeability in each of said cores, and

a plurality of pick-up coils, each of said pick-up coils being associated with corresponding zones of each of said pair of frames.

6. A fluxvalve comprising a pair of cores each arranged in the form of similar closed frames and disposed in substantially parallel relation, means for exciting said cores with oppositely circoils being associated culating fluxes of suificient amplitude to produce,

varying permeability in each of said cores, and a plurality of pick-up coils each associated with both of said cores for providing signal voltage outputs dependent in magnitude on the direction of an external unidirectional magnetic field relative thereto.

7. A flux valve of the character recited in claim 5, in which the core frames are polygonal.

8. A flux valve of the character recited in claim 5, in which the core frames are annular.

9. A flux valve comprising a pair of cores arranged in the form of similar closed polygons and disposed in parallel relation, an exciting winding wound around each side of each of said cores, the windings of each of said cores being connected to produce a series circulating flux circulating in instantaneous opposite directions in the respective cores, each of said fluxes being of suificient amplitude to operate its respective core in a region of varying permeability, and a plurality of pick-up coils, each of said pick-up with corresponding sides of each of said pair of frames.

10. A flux valve comprising a pair of cores arranged in the form of similar closed polygons and disposed in parallel relation, an exciting winding wound around each side of each of said cores, the windings of each of said cores being connected to produce a series circulating flux circulating in instantaneous opposite directions in the respective cores, each of said fluxes being of sufilcient amplitude to operate its respective core in a region of varying permeability, and a plurality of pick-up coils each associated with parallelly extending sides of 'both of said cores for providing signal voltage outputs dependent in magnitude on the direction of an external unidirectional magnetic field relative to said frame sides.

11. A flux valve device as in claim 6, further including an induction device comprising a polycircuit winding having coils arranged in relative relation corresponding to said pick-up coils, correspondingly positioned coils of said induction 7 device and said pick-up coils being connected in polycircuit fashion, and said induction device including an armature operatively disposed in the field produced by the coils of said polycircuit winding,

12. A flux valve deviceas in claim 1, further including an induction device comprising a polycircuit winding connected in polycircuit fashion to said pick-up coils and an armature having a single phase winding operatively disposed in the field produced by said polycircuit winding.

13. In a. flux valve system, a flux valve comprising a magnetically permeable core in the form of a closed frame, means for producing a pulsating flux in said core, a plurality of pick-up coils arranged on said core and distributed there- 'around, an induction device comprising a core of magnetic material having a form similar to that of said closed frame and a plurality of coils mounted thereon, said pick-up coils and said last-mentioned coils having like relatively distributed positions on the respective cores and those having corresponding positions being electrically connected together, and an armature comprising a single phase winding operatively disposed in the field produced by the coils of said device.

CAESAR F, FRAGOIA. MARIIN' C. DEPP. ROBERT S.- CURRY, Ja. 

